Date: 21 Apr 2006 07:26:47 -0700 From: "Michael Hudson" <mahnospamotcommunications.com> Subject: Re: Any pipe smoking 9.5 drivers in the house?
Peter Wilkins wrote: > On 19 Apr 2006 10:33:46 -0700, "Michael Hudson" > <mahnospamotcommunications.com> wrote : > > >My '02 9.5 has no ash tray and is not exactly awash with handy spots to > >rest a partially smokedand possibly still burning pipe of tobacco. The > >little change/glasses cubby hole thingy is too small to accept a pipe > >and I'm not sure where I could safely/conveniently/aesthetically mount > >a pipe holder. Would anyone with 9.5 pipe smoking experience care to > >share their thoughts and/or solutions? > > > >Thanks very much, > > > My 9-5 has several ashtrays, all unused, so no sympathy from me! > I don't expect there are many pipe-smoking Saab drivers around. > If there were, they are probably all dead. No, I take that back - the > Saab would save them, but in any other car..... > > Smoking a pipe while driving is akin to using a mobile phone, eating > or drinking while driving: all very distracting to the driver and all > very dangerous, even illegal, here in Oz. > And there is nothing like a bit of hot ash in your eye or a red-hot > plug from the pipe in your lap to send you off the road and on the way > to smokers heaven. For your own safety, I strongly suggest you keep > your pipe at home! > -- > Regards, > Peter Wilkins Thanks very much for your concern, Peter. Boy am I lucky! In the sixteen years I've smoked a pipe while driving I've never had a red-hot plug from my pipe land in my lap, nor have I gotten a bit of hot ash in my eye. Think of the odds! I drink coffee or water in the car while I drive, too, daredevil that I am, and I have been known to partake of a life-sustaining morsel of donut while motoring as well. Given the miles I drive, that's more than 100,000 miles of death-defying feats of folly! I tell you what, though. I have had one or two times when I was momentarily distracted by the radio - not while adjusting it, mind you, but while recoiling in horror to pompous commentators - and on at least one occasion I did nearly go off the road after what appeared to be a bumblebee found its way in through an open window and alighted on my right upper cheek. I trust that, in the Merry Old Land of Oz, car radios and other audio devices are verboten and their windows must remain sealed, under penalty of law, unless the operator is at a toll booth (Has Oz considered mandating the use of EZ Pass? They should, you know.) a bank drive-through or under six or more feet of water, either running or standing. Drive-thru fast-food windows are out of the question, certainly. Thanks again for all of the unsolicited opions, Pete. It really means a lot to me. Drive careful, now! Michael "Public Enemy" Hudson PS: If you're interested in off-loading some of those many, unused ashtrays, drop me a line.
